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Clear Creek Gypsum Deposit

Producer in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodity Gypsum-Anhydrite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10072009
MRDS ID W015816
Record type Site
Current site name Clear Creek Gypsum Deposit
Alternate or previous names Snowball Quarry ?

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.1028, 44.5544 (WGS84)
Elevation 2316
Relative position 11 MI NE OF GILMORE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Morrison Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Leadore(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dubois(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lemhi(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Lemhi

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 014N 028E 10 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • SNOWBALL QUARRY GYPSUM DEPOSIT OF T14N, R28E MAY BE CLEAR CREEK GYPSUM DEPOSIT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gypsum-Anhydrite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gypsum Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Fault Gouge And Breccia

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Limestone, Gypsum
    Rock description Limestone, Gypsum
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Evaporite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.1028, 44.5544
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Length 30.48M
    Width 4.57M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gilmore Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner E. J. Wilson And Sons

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: GYPSUM MIXED WITH CALCAREOUS FAULT GOUGE AND BRECCIA AND IS TOO IMPURE TO BE USED COMMERCIALLY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WITHINGTON, C. F., 1964, MINERAL RESOURCES-GYPSUM AND ANHYDRITE, IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY SPEC. REPT. NO. 1, P. 101 - 104

  • Deposit

    MINOBRAS, 1975, IDAHO INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: MINOBRAS, 55 P.

  • Deposit

    GRINER, W. C., 1974, SEVENTY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR 1973-1974, 98 P.

  • Production

    MINOBRAS, 1975

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1976-06-01 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey

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